Subject: Vacant Property Tax Ordinance Amendments From: Finance Department Recommendation: Adopt A Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 4.56, Vacant Property Tax To (1) Add An Exemption For Parcels That Change Ownership After Assessment, (2) Require The Hearing Officer To Include Findings Of Fact In Their Decisions, And (3) Establish A Twelve Month Time Period Within Which Owners Of Parcels Deemed Vacant And Assessed The Vacant Property Tax Must File A Petition To Reverse The Assessment, Claim An Exemption, Or To Seek Refund Of Taxes Paid

Committee

* Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council

Requested by

Finance Department

Introduced

October 29, 2025

On agenda

December 16, 2025

Passed

December 16, 2025

Enactment no.

13865 C.M.S.

Where it was heard

Meeting of the Oakland City Council - CANCELLATION Dec 16, 2025 Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council Dec 16, 2025 Approved for Final Passage Pass * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council Dec 2, 2025 Approved On Introduction and Scheduled for Final Passage Pass *Rules & Legislation Committee Nov 20, 2025 Scheduled *Special Finance & Management Committee Nov 18, 2025 Approved the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward Pass *Rules & Legislation Committee Oct 30, 2025 Scheduled